1 IT’S Panto time – oh yes it is – but sadly not in real life. At least not yet, anyway.. However, thanks to the great folk at The Stand comedy club you can tune in today to “Cinderella and The Beanstalk” live to your living room via their own YouTube channel.
Today at 3pm and available for a week afterwards. Please log on to www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBj_tzgpFZM
2 ALSO via our pals at The Stand, a Christmas extravaganza of comedy delights is on this week with their regular Monday night improvisation show starring the one and only Billy Kirkwood and pals. Baby its covid outside but online is so delightful.
Monday night 9.30pm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBj_tzgpFZM
3 TIM’S Twitter Listening party this week is playing a blinder, hooking up with the one and only Paul McCartney. It’s on Monday night at 8pm. The Charlatans front man is inviting everyone to stick McCartney 111 on the Spotify or the cassette deck and have a chinwag on the twitterbook.
Follow Tim at @Tim_Burgess
4 POLLOK House in Glasgow is offering some outdoor fun this week when a certain Mrs Claus will be in residence at the house. Grab the kids and the dugs and have a wee walk and meet Mrs Claus, she will take your kids’ letters back to the North Pole to Santa himself. Mince pies and booze free mulled wine will be on sale. All this week from 10am-4pm
5 THE Edinburgh Botanic Gardens is offering a wonderful sound and light show, “Christmas at the Botanics”. With over a million twinkling lights and origami boats on the pond, a fire garden and a cathedral of light, Christmas classics on the sound system and hot chocolate and mince pies available, it promises to be a real wimter winderland.
For more details head to www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/christmas-at-the-botanics-2020/
6 SHOP local! Loch Lomond shores market is open today for your last minute artisan gifts and crafts. All the best Christmas tunes will be playing, local shops will be selling their wares and there will be hot chocolate stands aplenty. All by the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Head to www.lochlomondshores.com/events/christmas-market-7th-8th-dec/ for further info.
7 EDINBURGH Zoo Christmas nights are continuing this week in the run up to the big day. There will be a spectacular light trail around the zoo that takes you and your family on an incredible voyage, passing through Penguins Rock by moonlight and exploring an enchanted ice forest on your way to visit Santa’s workshop.
This winter, you can glow all the way to the Arctic with stunning projections, twinkling fairy lights, candy canes, nutcrackers and much more.
Designed for limited visitor numbers with a wide range of safety measures in place, Edinburgh Zoo’s Christmas Nights are sure to light up your winter!
Tickets start at £12 for children, £18 for adults. Entry slots are available every 15 minutes from 4.45pm with the last available entry time at 7.30pm for a 9pm finish. Please book online in advance.
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